From Dust - Tsunami Corruption Documentary trailerTribeca Film Festival & HotDocs - From Dust is an award winning documentary about a Government's response to a natural disaster. Filmed in Sri Lanka after the devastating Asian tsunami, it reveals the ulterior motives behind a new law that prevented survivors from rebuilding their homes along the island's coastline.
Told through the stories of two survivors and an aid worker, From Dust is a sensitive depiction of lives that waited in tents while the global tourism industry repositioned itself on their land.
At a time when developing countries on the long march to prosperity often ride roughshod over the poor, From Dust tells a shocking story about a picturesque island that turned a natural disaster into an opportunity and left its survivors searching for land in the shadows of historyÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂs largest aid effort.
